*NOTE: This is a duplicate of [an Academia stack exchange question.][7]  They asked me to move it here!*

Many US Government agencies including [DOE][1], [NIH][2], [NSF][3] and [CDMRP][4] publish awarded grant amounts.  NASA does not, per attached reply from NASA on 06NOV23.

[![NASA keeps grant amounts secret][5]][5]

Why not?  What distinguishes NASA legally or functionally from these other scientific and defense-related US Government entities that allow it or give it a rationale to keep awarded grant amounts secret?

[DOD gives a clear public policy rationale][6] for publishing the grant information: 

> DoD and ODNI/IARPA are providing the public with access to these
> documents in accordance with the Office of Science and Technology
> Policy (OSTP) memorandum, Increasing Access to the Results of
> Federally Funded Scientific Research, dated 22 February 2013 and
> Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded
> Research , dated 22 August 2022. DoDI 3200.12 DoD Scientific and
> Technical Information Program (STIP) and the DoD Grant and Agreement
> Regulations (DoDGARs) have been updated to include public access
> requirements.

  [1]: https://science.osti.gov/Universities/sc-in-your-state/
  [2]: https://reporter.nih.gov/search/NX8PtT4BvUimQa1cWrgnpg/patents
  [3]: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/download.jsp
  [4]: https://cdmrp.health.mil/search.aspx
  [5]: https://i.sstatic.net/vu90A.png
  [6]: https://publicaccess.dtic.mil/search/#/pubdefense/simpleSearch


  [7]: https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/203647/why-doesnt-nasa-publish-amounts-of-awarded-grants